Thanks, Mars!
Today, the Europa Clipper made its way past Mars on a gravity assist move to further support its eventual swing by Jupiter’s moon Europa!
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As I mentioned in a previous post about this, the Martian gravity assist did not boost Europa Clipper’s speed but reduced it instead. This is so that less propellant is needed, as the craft still has a long way to go to reach Jupiter.
In fact, it’s swinging back to earth first for another gravity assist before being flung out past the asteroid belt. This gravity assist will happen in December 2026; the craft will get to Jupiter in April 2030.
Pretty cool, huh?
I’ve been waiting years for this
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the statistically perfect pack of M&Ms!
How is it statistically perfect, you ask? Well, if you take a look at Mars’ website, you can find the percentage of all M&Ms that each color represents. 30% of all M&Ms are brown, red and yellow both make up 20%, and orange, green and blue each make up 10%. Therefore, in a bag of 23 M&Ms, we would have seven brown, five red, five yellow, two orange, two green, and two blue. For a perfect example of this, see above photo.
My day has just been made.
(And yes, I know this boosts my dork level to even higher levels; I don’t care!)
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